Sunbonnet.



No. 877,029. PATBNTED JAN. 21, 1908.

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SUN BONNET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7. 1907.

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CHARLES E. YOUNT, SR.,-OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUNBONNET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

Application filed November 7.1907v Serial No. 401.143.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. YoUNT, Sr. a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Harrisburg, in the State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sunbonnets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is additional to the improvement in sunbonnets set forthand claimed in my specification forming part of Letters Patent No.833,950 dated October 23, 1906, and the present invention consists in \acertain novel combination of peculiarly constructed parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In common with said patented improvement the leading objects of thepresent in vention are to adapt the sunbonnet to be effectivelylaundered before and after use; to adapt the same to be packed flat forstorage and shipment whereby a great saving in paper boxes,'woodenpacking cases, freight and carta'ge is effected to adapt the sunbonnetto be held in the shape in which it is worn by a single draw stringoccupying a straight pocket in the puff portion of the article; towholly dispense with detachable parts and open seams with theirfastenings, and especlally with hooks and eyes and the like, so as toavoid the production of rust spots; and to obviate the employment ofelastics, which are liable to become permanently inoperative, and areobjectionable because of their pressure upon the head.

The leading object which distinguishes the present invention is toprovide for securing the advantages above stated in a sunbonnet, thecrown portion of which has a straight rear edge instead of the concaverear edge of the crescent-shaped crown portion which is the leadingfeature of the patented improvement.

I am thus enabled to make a sunbonnet ada ted to be readily laundered,to be pac ed flat, etc. and which at the same time when drawn to shapeby its single draw 7 string more closely embraces the face so as toafford better protection against the sun, the top of the crown portionwhen bent into shape being horizontal, and its rear edge vertical ascompared with the oblique lines of the patented sunbonnet.

Other objects will be set forth in the general description whichfollows.

Two sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 is a front view of the sunbonnet as flattened and folded inpacking the same for shipment or for storage; Fig. 2 is a back view ofthe same in its flattened condition but unfolded Fig. 3 is a side viewof the sunbonnet in the shape in which it is worn; and Figs. 4 and 5represent the patterns of the crown portion and puff portionrespectively.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in all the figures.

The improved sunbonnet includes a relatively stiff or stiifenable crownportion, a, that has a straight rear edge, a, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3and 4, and may otherwise be of any knownor improved shape. The otherprincipal part of the sunbonnet is a puff portion, I), having arelatively long convex edge, I), which is shortened by gathers to thelength of said straight edge, and is then securely sewed to saidstraight edge at all points; the gathers serving to produce the requiredfullness of the puff portion, indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. A capeportion, 0, may be and preferably is formed in one part with said puffportion 1) as heretofore. Said convex edge I) is of the extent indicatedby the notches 1 and 2 in the pattern, Fig. 5. Sufficient material inline with said notches 1 and 2 is doubled upon itself to form a drawingstring pocket, d, within which a drawing string dis secured at one end,said pocket extending from one lateral extremity of the crown portion ato the other as indicated in Fig. 1. By further confining the gathers toa portion of the convex edge, I), as indicated by the other pair ofnotches shown at 3 and 4 in Fig. 5, more fullness may be located in thetop of the puff, leaving portions at the sides of the puff plain. Theonly other characteristic of the crown portion 1) which needs to bepointed out is that it corresponds in width with the length of the crownportion a from one lateral extremity to the other.

The crown portion a is intended to be made with or without a ruffle, c.When there is a ruffle, as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the puff portion tor itscape end, at least, is preferably and conveniently made wide enough toextend to the lateral extremities of the rufile, as 1n Fig. 2.

A pair of strings, f and g, securely fastened at the lateral edges ofthe crown portion a as in Fig. 1, provide for tying the bonnet under thechin, and a second pair of strings, h and t, securely fastened in theseam that unites the crown and puff portions, a and b, on the outer sideof the bonnet, asin Fig. 2, are preferably addedto be tied between thepuff and the cape after the bonnet is drawn into shape for the 'head asin Fig. 3.

, Either or both pairs of the strings, f, g and 71 i, may be omitted;and other like modifications in details and in shape will suggestthemselves to those skilled in the art-r Having thus described saidimprovement, I claim as my invention and desire to patent under thisspecification:

A launderable sunbonnet including a stiff crown portion having astraight rear edge, a relatively soft puff portion having a relativelylong convex edge which is shortened bygathers to fit said strai ht edgeand to give the puff the required fullness, and is insepsmear;

arably attached at all points to said straight edge, said pufl portionbeing further provided with a draw-strin pocket substantially in linewith said straight edge when the bonnet is flattened and folded, and adraw string within said pocket by tightening which the bonnet is drawninto shape, while by loosening the draw string the bonnet is adapted tobe readily laundered or to be fiattened and folded within a contractedspace for storage and shipment, substantially as hereinbefore specified.

CHARLES E. YOUNT, SR.

Witnesses:

H. H. FREEBURN, GEO. L. WINGEARD.

